Dermatology: Color Atlas And Synopsis Of Clinical Dermatology Common And Serious Diseases(old copy 1997)

Thomas B. Fitzpatrick, M.D.
Richard Allen Johnson, M.D.
Klaus Wolff, M.D.
Machiel K. Polano, M.D.
Dick Suurmond, M.D
McGraw-Hill
HEALTH PROFESSIONS DIVISION
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1024 pages
Publisher: Mcgraw-Hill (Tx); 3 Sub edition (1996)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0070213887
ISBN-13: 978-0070213883

This edition features a completely revised art program with approximately 90% new illustrations-and expanded coverage of state-of-the-art therapy. Each high quality illustration is accompanied by a concise precis (clinical summary), providing a synoptic review of etiology, history, physical examination, differential diagnosis, and treatment of the corresponding skin disorders.

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Dermatology: Handbook of Dermatology: A Practical Manual

320 pages
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell; 1 edition (April 27, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1405181109
ISBN-13: 978-1405181105

 

Because dermatology is a complex visual specialty that mixes medical and surgical approaches to management, trainees need fast access to a wide range of material. This concise new reference uses tables, algorithms, protocols, guidelines, and staging and scoring systems to present succinct guidance on best-practice patient care. Structured around three components -- medical, surgical, and pharmacological -- the book consolidates the core Board exam information residents most often look up. Handbook of Dermatology: A Practical Manual  was road-tested as it was developed to ensure usefulness for dermatology residents, dermatologists, and family physicians.

 

About the Authors

Margaret W. Mann, Division of Dermatology, Washington University, St Louis, Missouri, USA
David R. Berk, Division of Dermatology, Washington University, St Louis, Missouri, USA

Daniel L. Popkin, Division of Dermatology, Washington University, St Louis, Missouri, USA

Susan J. Bayliss, Division of Dermatology, Washington University, St Louis, Missouri, USA

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Dermatology:Clinical Dermatology 4th ed.

 by Richard Weller, John A. A. Hunter, John Savin, and Mark Dahl

•  440 pages
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell; 4 edition (March 21, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 140514663X
• ISBN-13: 978-1405146630
• This best selling text has been completely revised and refreshed in the fourth edition. The authors aim to enthuse family doctors (for whom they are primarily writing) to enjoy the challenge of diagnosing and treating skin conditions.
  Clinical Dermatology contains over 500 high quality pictures and diagrams matched with many colourful phrases to illustrate and entertain as it teaches. It has established a reputation as a ‘way of learning’ and as a cogent overview of the subject for the aspiring specialist. Readers are guided through the maze that too often lies between the presenting skin complaint and its final diagnosis and treatment. The authors have created an easily read text with enough detail to clarify the subject but not enough to obscure it.
  This fourth edition contains new chapters on racially pigmented skin, dermatology of different age groups and cosmetic dermatology. Relevant internet sites are now clearly highlighted at the end of each chapter and the comprehensive formulary has been updated.
  
  
  
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Dermatology: Dermatology Therapy: A to Z Essentials

700 pages
Publisher: Springer; 1 edition (February 12, 2004)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 3540008640
ISBN-13: 978-3540008644

This new title in the Springer series 'Therapeutic Dictionaries' covers over 1000 entries on dermatologic definitions, differential diagnoses and therapeutic possibilities. The highly structured articles include succinct discussions of the signs, symptoms and therapeutic options, including designations of therapies of choice, when appropriate. The volume is richly illustrated in color and contains many tables outlining commonly used medications in dermatology for ease of reference.

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Dermatology: An Illustrated Colour Text book

138 pages
Publisher: Churchill Livingstone; 3 edition (July 15, 2002)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0443071403
ISBN-13: 978-0443071409

This concise textbook of dermatology is aimed at medical students and those preparing for the MRCP and MRCGP examinations. The information is presented in a highly accessible format, Extensive use of colour for both clinical photographs and graphics makes for a superb appearance. For review for examination preparation key point boxes are provided. In this third edition extensive revision has been made to the contents to reflect changes in the understanding of dermatological conditions at a molecular level and the changes in clinical practice. In addition the use of the internet for dermatological information by both doctors and patients is reviewed.

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Dermatology: Thieme Clinical Companions Dermatology

772 pages

Publisher: Thieme; 1 edition (April 19, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1588902587
ISBN-13: 978-1588902580

From The New England Journal of Medicine

The second edition of the German textbook Dermatology is just that -- a comprehensive reference on the specialty of dermatology. Appearing nine years after the first edition, the second edition is a practical necessity. Nondermatologists may not believe it, but progress in this specialty has been rapid during the intervening years. The new genetics has been eagerly embraced, as have advances in immunology and therapeutics. The study of skin diseases and of their diagnosis and management readily lends itself to graphic images, and modern color publishing has facilitated an explosion of textbooks in this area. A good number of such books consolidate this approach by carrying the moniker ``atlas'' and as such are usually no more than expansively illustrated maps of the integument.

To go further than this and to supplement good illustrations with advice on causes, pathology, diagnosis, and therapy is another dimension altogether. Such a task can be made easier by consistency of style, facilitated by a rigorous editorial hand that keeps the number of chapter authors to a minimum. In Dermatology, the four authors accomplished this task by writing the bulk of the book themselves, on topics ranging from basic science and principles of dermatologic diagnosis to descriptions of individual dermatoses and their therapy. This is no mean feat, but one that intuitively relies on extremely broad knowledge of the specialty. Consistency benefits, but authenticity may suffer, since no four persons can write all the chapters at the level of experts in the field. One could argue, however, that the experts' ivory-tower view can at times be several standard deviations away from the norm and not pertinent to a broad readership. After all, this book is aimed at specialists and nonspecialists alike.

The world of dermatology textbooks is populated by a few well-known, multivolume heavyweights, both metaphorically and literally. Dermatology is a unique inhabitant of this world, in that it is a single, albeit bulky, volume -- a distinct advantage, since the reader knows in which volume to look for information. Although the page layout is consistent, there is room for more color figures and diagrams, but perhaps this was discounted in deference to maintaining the single-volume approach. The book itself is fairly well but not extensively referenced. At times, a somewhat endearing element of anecdote creeps into the text -- a rare phenomenon in the modern, evidence-based world. For instance, in the section on striae distensae (stretch marks), therapy is regarded as ``a bit of luck'' -- that is, the luck of not being predisposed to this scourge of pregnancy. Another example is found on the section on psoriasis. It is well known that psoriasis occurs at different frequencies in different racial groups, and it is commonly believed to be relatively rare in Native Americans. This observation is dismissed with skepticism and the statement that ``one of us ran a clinic for Navajos for a decade and saw more than enough severe psoriasis.'' Some statements are factually incorrect. Again, taking psoriasis as an example, it is stated that monozygotic twins have 90 percent concordance for psoriasis, although the widely quoted figure is closer to 70 percent. This is a minor criticism, but a reference book should be accurate. The limited authorship ensures that the book does not fall foul of another glitch of multiauthorship, in that the information presented is very current and references from 1999 are widely included.

Dermatology is increasingly a surgical specialty. Indeed, the American Academy of Dermatology has considered changing its name to incorporate a reference to dermatologic surgery, thereby emphasizing this trend. It is estimated that of patients attending a general, nonselected dermatology clinic, up to 40 percent may require some form of surgery, ranging from cryotherapy or simple elliptical biopsy to complex flap construction, previously the preserve of the plastic surgeon. The addition of a new chapter on operative technique is a welcome one; however, coverage of laser surgery in a mere 2 1/2 pages is not representative of the value and widespread use of this technique. The other new chapter is that on diagnostic issues specific to black skin, an important and difficult area. The descriptive vocabulary for dermatologic disease was primarily determined with reference to white skin. Thus, the dermatologist is faced with two problems in diagnosing and describing a rash in black skin: first, the morphologic features of common conditions such as psoriasis or atopic dermatitis may appear very different from those in white skin, and second, there are a number of dermatoses unique to black skin that are currently described within the context and confines of white-skin dermatology.

Overall, this is a valuable book that deserves a place on the shelves of most medical libraries. It is comprehensive enough in its information to benefit specialists and nonspecialists alike. After all, one can never have enough high-quality dermatology reference books.

Christopher E.M. Griffiths, M.D.

Copyright © 2001 Massachusetts Medical Society. All rights reserved. The New England Journal of Medicine is a registered trademark of the MMS.

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